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Marine Corps veteran Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, who was awarded the Medal of Honor last week, is in town. Among his stops - throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Sunday's San Diego Padres game, and meeting with fellow Marines at Camp Pendleton and MCAS Miramar.

As Home Post previously reported, President Obama awarded Carpenter the Medal of Honor on June 19 for Carpenter's heroic actions on Nov. 21, 2010, in Afghanistan. On that fateful day, the Taliban lobbed a grenade at Carpenter and his friend Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio. Carpenter put his body between the grenade and Eufrazio, absorbing much of the blast, and costing Carpenter his right eye and most of his jaw.

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